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Trick or Treat Safety Checklist Craft

Help you kids make a cool trick or treat safety checklist chart. They can read over the safety tips or you can read them aloud for children too young to read as you work on this project. If you make it today, they’ll have over a week to learn the tips, which will help insure a safe and happy holiday. You can even make memorizing safety tips into a game, if you like, as you decorate the chart. You can print out the following list, or copy and paste into one of your desktop publishing programs to use a cool … Continue reading →

More Trick or Treat Stuff

Make this cool container out of a milk jug. Use it to store treats that you want to pass out to trick-or-treaters, or make it to use in place of a trick-or-treat bag. It’s easy! You will need a one gallon plastic milk jug. Take off the labels, wash it, and rinse it thoroughly. Let it dry. Have a grown up cut the jug for you, starting just above the handle. Remove the top of the jug, keeping the handle intact. All you have to do now is decorate it and you’ll have a cool way to store or carry … Continue reading →

Frugal Candy Ideas for Halloween

Halloween time is candy time. With all the goodies available at Halloween is tempting to get caught up in it all. But there are frugal ways to save on the cost of seeing smiling faces shouting Trick or Treat. Coupons If you feel you must hand out Hershey Bars or Reeses Peanut butter cups watch your Sunday paper for coupons. There are typically lots of candy coupons that come out at this time of year. You can usually watch for sales at this time of year too, use a coupon and double your savings. Other Candy Types There are a … Continue reading →

This Week’s Crafts at a Glance (Oct. 2-7)

Halloween or Harvest Day? Some people celebrate Halloween, while others don’t much care for it. Some celebrate Harvest Day instead, especially many people of faith. Whichever one you prefer, or even if you celebrate both, October 31 means treats and fun for kids. I’ll try to include projects and ideas that can be used for both… Lunch Bag Pumpkin Craft This project is incredibly simple to make and you can make a bunch of them for just a few dollars. Pick up a package of brown paper lunch bags, and you can make more pumpkins than you know what to … Continue reading →

The Great TRICK-or-TREAT Divide: Juvenile Diabetes and Halloween

Do you have a child with juvenile diabetes, or a child on a special diet? Or do you just hate the idea of your son or daughter eating a lot of candy? With Halloween approaching, you might be wondering how to deal with the whole trick-or-treating routine. How do you allow your child to participate, and still limit the sugary indulgences? Note: Children with juvenile diabetes can eat candy! It’s not forbidden for a child in good control. You simply must count the carbohydrates into their meal plan, or give enough insulin to cover the amount. Still, a whole lot … Continue reading →

Design Your Own Trick or Treat Bags

There are lots of cute ideas for designing and making your own trick or treat bags. Some involve actually making a bag yourself, while others simply require you to decorate a ready made bag to turn it into a trick or treat bag. Tiny Tots Trick or Treat Bag Pick up any small fabric tote bag with handles. Look for orange, black, or even denim. Lay the bag on a piece of newspaper, upside down. Have your child dip his or her hand, palm down, into some white craft paint (pour paint on a paper plate) and dab off the … Continue reading →

Paper Mache Bowl for Trick or Treat Candy

Do you like Paper Mache? It can be slightly messy but it’s fun. It’s simple enough that almost anyone can do it. Just protect your work surfaces, and you won’t have to worry about the mess. For this project, we’ll try something a little different. Start with a large plastic bowl and turn it upside down. Paper Mache strips of paper onto the bowl. Do several layers. For the top layers, add strips and pieces of colored tissue paper or construction paper for an interesting affect. You can try orange and make your bowl look like a pumpkin or a … Continue reading →

Safety Tips for Trick or Treating

Trick or Treating is a popular activity that our kids love to do at the end of every October on October 31st. So here are some tips to make it fun and safe for the whole family. Children should go out during daylight hours only unless accompanied by an adult Young children should never go out alone and they should not go out with an older sibling unless that sibling is significantly older Older children who are out trick or treating should have a designated time to return home and their route should be planned and stuck to so adults … Continue reading →